Brewers beat Mets to clinch NL Central title
MILWAUKEE » The Milwaukee Brewers clinched their second NL Central title in four years, beating the sloppy New York Mets 8-4 Sunday behind Willy Adames’s two-run homer and three RBIs.
A day after New York was eliminated from postseason contention in their first season under new owner Steven Cohen, the Mets (7382) lost for the 10th time in 11 games and were assured of a losing season for the fourth time in five years.
CARDINALS 4, CUBS 2 » Andrew Knizner scored the go-ahead run on a ninthinning wild pitch by Codi Heuer (7-5), and St. Louis won its 16th straight for the longest in the majors since Cleveland took 22 in a row in 2017. It the best in the National League since the 1951 New York Giants won 16 straight.
BRAVES 4, PADRES 3 » Will Smith struck out the side around three walks in the ninth for his 35th save, and Atlanta opened a 2 ½game lead over Philadelphia heading into their NL East showdown.
PIRATES 6, PHILLIES 0 » Starter Hans Crouse (0-1) gave up a home run to Cole Tucker on his first major league pitch and Pittsburgh stopped Philadelphia’s fivegame winning streak.
REDS 9, NATIONALS 2 » Tyler Stephenson and Nick Castellanos hit consecutive home runs, and Kyle Farmer broke open the game with a grand slam as Cincinnati won its third straight.
RAYS 3, MARLINS 2 » Rookie Shane Baz allowed three hits and struck out nine in 5 2/3 scoreless innings to win his second straight start and help the AL East champions to their team-record 14th series sweep.
BLUE JAYS 5, TWINS 2 » Danny Jansen hit a goahead, three-run homer off Griffin Jax (3-5 and George Springer also went deep.
DODGERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS
Corey Seager hit two solo homers, Julio Urías scattered five hits over five innings and Los Angeles reached 100 wins for the third time in the last four full seasons.
MARINERS 5, ANGELS 1 » Shohei Ohtani allowed Jarred Kelenic’s tying home run in the seventh, and Mitch Haniger hit a goahead single in a four-run eighth against the bullpen.
WHITE SOX 5, INDIANS 2 » Lucas Giolito allowed five hits in six scoreless innings, and Eloy Jiménez had a two-run single in the third off Triston McKenzie (5-8).
RANGERS 7, ORIOLES 4 » Andy Ibáñez hit a two-run homer off John Means and the Rangers avoided their 100th loss by gaining a fourgame split.
ROYALS 2, TIGERS 1 » Kris Bubic (6-6) gave up two hits in seven shutout innings.
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 3 » Twice given new life after the Red Sox dropped foul balls that would have ended his eighth-inning atbat, Aaron Judge doubled in the go-ahead runs to lead New York to a victory and a wild-card flipping threegame sweep.